University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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University of California, Irvine, B.S. E Lab Gofer , V.P. Yugoslav Slivovitz Appreciation Club, Survivor of Rosarito Beacfi Massacre. K iA. S MiLci . Wfiat do you mean I have to take this clinic over? M.-:St. Jack, showing his cool at 11:00 o ' clock. Mystery friend in Newport. Zit popping is my specialty. ' Jack was raised in Fresno, went to high school in San Francisco and college in Irvine. Jackson has been an excellent student from the very first day in dental school. He put in long hours in Lab E developing his technique proved very successful in the D.H. clinic. Jack was the only one in lab E who got a 4.0 on his preps by having a lineup of pictures of his old girlfriends in full view of the instructors. In clinic he quickly excelled and gave his patients the best quality care. To relax on the weekends Jack would retreat down south to someplace called Newport. During the week it was a quick trip to the racquet ball court or to the 901 with Tasic. Jack is looking for a genral residency and a practice in Newport. We all wish him the best in life.

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Dan and his homework. Ya, I just had a pizza across the street, why? I , c.k» -| i ' - Wa JwS. eyu ' l . ' - t i t,tyi,ljAt yiv, Smiley once said: you cannot be a good dentist without having been a football player. (He also said Whafs a groove? ' ) but that ' s off the subject. History proved him right at least in my partner ' s case. Organization, neatness, some more organization. Sitting next to him was like Tampa Bay having practice sessions with the Dallas cowboys. I was faking on the weak side while he ran up the middle. We had our differences, but politically it was Reagan all the way. It was nice sitting next to someone who was almost to the right of you. Dan tried to set me on the Right moral path too, but unfortunately I had already learned of the profits of sin. It was easy for him to say. He already had a beautiful wife (on which I congratulated him many times), and soon two very beautiful kids. While I was constantly chasing . . . , but I didn ' t make out bad either. My partner speaks Chinese fluently, and only his size disguise one from concluding that he is a native of Hong Kong. I have also taught him rudimentary Serbian, except that what I taught him he already has at home. On the other hand I cannot very well teach what I an not familiar with. Good luck partner, bend those wires but never forget the most important thing in life, after all a good duck is heaven-sent. ... I can ' t breathe or talk but the tie looks pretty good. ■ ' I know that superglue is in here somewhere. ¥

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B.Y.U., B.S. Zoology. Nuts, I put the centrals In backwards again. And we keep him even busier. ' Known to some as The Gun, Tony is a man of many talents. He quickly dispelled the Helffrlch Theory that all good dentists are ex-football players. Tony is an ex-carpenter. Tony ' s most notable accomplishment was the miniature set (only 5 stories) for the movie Towering Inferno. As you know, this film was categorized as catastrophic and appropriately Tony ' s masterpiece went up in smoke. With such golden hands, it was only appropriate that Tony apply his carpentry skills in dentistry. After all, the two are closely related. In any case, Tony readily adapted to the new armamentarium but never learned to change his terms. Hopefully his patients won ' t be alarmed when he asks his assistant for chisel (binangle) or hammer (mallet). I did hear that Tony once tacked on a crown instead of cementing it. Just keep him away from the long nails. Everything comes easy for Tony. While everyone else spent nights in the lab, Tony was busy with his family. However, with two kids and a third in the cooker , his wonderful wife, Relda, deserves all the credit. Tony just couldn ' t have done it without her. Rumor is that Tony et al will be locating in a miniscule town in Utah. I don ' t think he ' ll have any trouble getting patients since he ' ll be the first and only dentist in that metropolis (also, everyone in the town is related to Relda). However, once he becomes Mayor nobody will ever be able to find him because he ' ll be busy fishing and hunting. Tony never did have much of a problem with stress. I guess he never heard what dentists are supposed to act like. My best wishes to Tony and his family. With his accomplishments, he will show everyone that a carpenter from a big town can make it big in a small town as well - or something like that. Someday I ' ll be able to tell everybody that I was once his lab partner.